Auction 31 January 2023 PRIMITIVE ARTS - Paris

Bid on the lot list Giquello : 31 January 2023 - ARTS D’AFRIQUE ET D’OCÉANIE : COLLECTION DANIEL VIGNE ET À DIVERS AMATEURS EXPOSITION PUBLIQUE :Hôtel Drouot – salle 4Lundi 30 janvier de 11h à 18hMardi 31 janvier de 11h à 12h Téléphone pendant l'exposition : +33 (0)1 48 00 20 04 CONTACT :Claire Richon+33 (0)1 47 70 48 00 - <a href="mailto:c.richon@giquello.net" target="_blank">c.richon@giquello.net</a> Salle 4 - Hôtel Drouot - Paris

PRIMITIVE ARTS

Tuesday 31 January 2023 - 14:00 (CET) - Live

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Lot n° 1

BELT, HIGHLAND REGION, PAPUA NEW...

BELT, HIGHLAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Bark, bamboo, vegetable fibers D. 32,5 cm - H. 14,5 cm Large fragment of bark decorated with ten rows of bamboo strips held together by strings. Beautiful material of use.

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Lot n° 2

LIME SPATULA, RAMU RIVER, PAPUA...

LIME SPATULA, RAMU RIVER, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood H. 48 cm Provenance : Chris Boylan (Australia) Large spatula with flat body, the handle decorated with a standing male figure, the face round, the pointed nose extending to his sex. Trace of an old label...

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Lot n° 3

IATMUL DAGGER, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Casoar...

IATMUL DAGGER, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Casoar bone H. 33,5 cm Provenance : Galerie Flak (Paris) Large dagger carved from a cassowary bone decorated with engravings representing a face. Remains of red polychromy in the hollows. Clear patina.

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Lot n° 4

BOIKEN DISH, PRINCE ALEXANDER MOUNTAINS,...

BOIKEN DISH, PRINCE ALEXANDER MOUNTAINS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood D. 44,5 cm Decorated on the outside with an engraved circle and engraved abstract motifs. Black patina with a fine crust.

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Lot n° 5

BOIKEN STATUE, PRINCE ALEXANDER...

BOIKEN STATUE, PRINCE ALEXANDER MOUNTAINS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood, herbs H. 39 cm Provenance: Collected by Ulrich Kortmann in Rindagum, near Angoram Collection B. Drescher (Dortmund) Representing a standing male figure, hands clasped on his stomach, face...

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Lot n° 6

MASK, MURIK LAKE, WATAM VILLAGE,...

MASK, MURIK LAKE, WATAM VILLAGE, MIDDLE SEPIK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood H. 53,5 cm Provenance : Private collection (France) Large mask with almond-shaped eyes, the nose long and curved like a mosquito's trunk. Trace of white and red polychromy.

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Lot n° 7

STATUE, VOKEO ISLAND, MOUTH OF...

STATUE, VOKEO ISLAND, MOUTH OF THE SEPIK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood H. 45,5 cm Provenance: Private collection (Australia) Michel Dermigny (Paris) Representing a standing man, arms along the body, hands on thighs, face like a mask: almond-shaped eyes surrounded...

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Lot n° 8

THREE CLUBS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood...

THREE CLUBS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood and stone on a metal base. 1- Wooden handle and stone mass in the shape of a pomegranate held together by rattan braiding. H. 78 cm 2- Wooden handle, stone mass forming a twelve-pointed star (one broken and missing)...

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Lot n° 9

THREE TINDAWA DANCE HEADDRESSES,...

THREE TINDAWA DANCE HEADDRESSES, ABELAM REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Bark, feathers, pigments H. 47 cm, 47 cm and 58 cm Beautiful set of three headdresses made of bark panels connected by rattan ties, decorated with feathers, painted faces, totemic animals...

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Lot n° 10

SLOTTED DRUM FRONT, BLACKWATER...

SLOTTED DRUM FRONT, BLACKWATER RIVER, MIDDLE SEPIK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA L. 62 cm Provenance: Pierre and Silvia Loeb Collection (Paris) Florence Loeb (Paris) Sotheby's Paris, April 5, 2012, n° 15 Before drum of beautiful antiquity, the deeply eroded wood...

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Lot n° 11

ASMAT STATUE, WEST PAPUA Wood H....

ASMAT STATUE, WEST PAPUA Wood H. 88 cm Ancient statue carved in hardwood, representing a standing figure, arms falling away from the body, legs subtly bent, sex powerfully represented, hands and feet digitized. On the arms and legs, undulating forms are...

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Lot n° 12

TWO RAMU OR IATMUL PADDLES, MIDDLE...

TWO RAMU OR IATMUL PADDLES, MIDDLE SEPIK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood H. 206 and 211 cm Provenance: private collection (Australia) Large paddles with the ends of the handles carved with two figures standing back to back, the blades engraved on each side with...

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Lot n° 13

MIDDLE SEPIK SAWOS HOOK, PAPUA...

MIDDLE SEPIK SAWOS HOOK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood H. 62 cm Provenance : Michael Kuntz (USA) Very old flat hook whose diamond-shaped body is decorated on one side with a double face that can be read both forwards and backwards. The beautiful erosion of the...

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Lot n° 14

BIWAT STATUETTE, YUAT RIVER, PAPUA...

BIWAT STATUETTE, YUAT RIVER, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood H. 34 cm Representing a figure sitting on a stool, hands clasped on a kind of cane. This type of statuette from the Yuat River represented the emblem of fertility and is considered the guardian of the...

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Lot n° 15

ASMAT DISH, WEST PAPUA Wood L....

ASMAT DISH, WEST PAPUA Wood L. 58 cm Provenance : Lemaire Gallery (Amsterdam) Sago dish of ovoid form decorated on the outside with beautiful abstract interlacing typical of the Asmat culture.

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Lot n° 16

IATMUL DAGGER, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Casoar...

IATMUL DAGGER, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Casoar bone H. 32,5 cm Provenance : Chris Boylan (Australia) Beautiful dagger carved from cassowary bone, featuring a bird's head on top, the ringed handle decorated with zigzag frieze and other abstract motifs. Nice reddish-brown...

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Lot n° 17

APPUI-NUQUE KORWAR, BAIE DE GEELVINK,...

APPUI-NUQUE KORWAR, BAIE DE GEELVINK, PAPOUASIE OCCIDENTALE Bois H. 18 cm - L. 19 cm Provenance : Collection du peintre Pieter Ouborg (Pays-Bas) Galerie Bruce Franck (New York) Publication : Corbey R. Korwar, 2011, figure n° 247 Bel appui-nuque dont...

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Lot n° 18

CLUB, VANUATU Wood and vegetable...

CLUB, VANUATU Wood and vegetable fibers H. 73 cm The cylindrical shaft flares towards the top, while the base is marked by a bulb. The braided plant fiber attachment has been preserved.

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Lot n° 19

CLUB, VANUATU Wood H. 79 cm Provenance...

CLUB, VANUATU Wood H. 79 cm Provenance : Galerie Aethiopia (Paris) Classical shaped club with a mushroom-shaped head, the neck decorated with four protuberances. Nice patina of use.

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Lot n° 20

DRUMSTICK, COOK ISLANDS, POLYNESIA Banded...

DRUMSTICK, COOK ISLANDS, POLYNESIA Banded alabaster H. 15 cm Provenance : Former collection of the painter Jules Larcher (Cannes) Penu or reru pestle used for food, the flared tubular body, the hoop-shaped grip, the utilitarian character subtly magnified...

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Lot n° 21

FLAT, TAHITI OR ISLANDS OF THE...

FLAT, TAHITI OR ISLANDS OF THE COMPANY Wood L. 71 cm Provenance: Tahitian collection Jean-Yves Coué (Nantes) Very old monoxyle cup carved in a dense and heavy wood, of oval shape, the back of the cup revealing four square feet strongly eroded. The thick...

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Lot n° 22

IATMUL STATUE, MIDDLE SEPIK, PAPUA...

IATMUL STATUE, MIDDLE SEPIK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood, pigments H. 83 cm Provenance : Private collection (Nice) Representing a standing male figure, arms along the body, hands placed on the hips. The chest and waist are adorned with engraved interlacing....

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Lot n° 23

STATUETTE, KERAM RIVER, PAPUA NEW...

STATUETTE, KERAM RIVER, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood H. 20 cm Provenance: Collected by geologist George Anderman in the 1970s. Collection number: 120.77. 3A Denver Museum of Art, USA Statuette depicting a male figure, ovoid face, almond shaped eyes and arrow...

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Lot n° 24

STATUETTE, BAS-SEPIK, PAPUA NEW...

STATUETTE, BAS-SEPIK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood H. 19,5 cm Provenance: Mission of the Child Jesus of Saint Augustine, Germany (inventory N° 71. 7.64 ) Gallery Renaud Vanuxem (Paris) Beautiful and ancient votive figure representing a standing female figure,...

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Lot n° 25

ELAYABORR SHIELD, MENDI VALLEY,...

ELAYABORR SHIELD, MENDI VALLEY, HIGHLANDS REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Polychrome wood H. 80 cm Provenance: Tod Barlin, (inv. no. B-536) Elizabeth Pryce Collection, Sydney Sotheby's, October 10, 2018, no. 71 Beautiful and ancient archer's shield fitting...

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Lot n° 26

ABELAM ORNAMENT, MAPRIK HILLS,...

ABELAM ORNAMENT, MAPRIK HILLS, KALABUA AREA Vegetable fibers, cowries, pig tusks H. 30 cm Framed under glass (28 x 40 cm) Provenance : Laurent Dodier Gallery (France) Beautiful kara-ut ornament, anthropomorphic representation made of vegetal vibes, shells,...

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Lot n° 27

SET OF THREE FRAMED POSTERS : -...

SET OF THREE FRAMED POSTERS : - Czech color poster of the film The Sky and the Mud, by Pierre Dominique Gaisseau, Oscar for best documentary 1961. 70x48 cm - poster for the exhibition Kannibals and Vahines, the sources of the imaginary, Museum of Fine...

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Lot n° 28

JOHN SIUNE (NÉ EN 1965)

CHIMBU SCHOOL, PORT MORESBY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2012 Oil on canvas 67 x 90 cm John Siune is the brother-in-law of the great Papuan painter Mathias Kauage (1944-2003), whose pictorial tradition he continues with brio. The Musée des Confluences in Lyon has...

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Lot n° 29

THOMAS UMBO

GOROKA SCHOOL, HIGHLANDS REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2010 Acrylic on canvas 103 x 88 cm Beautiful composition in the colorful style of the Goroka school, representing a squatting character.

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Lot n° 30

IATMUL HOOK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood H....

IATMUL HOOK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood H. 48 cm Provenance : Philip Goldman (London) Loed Van Bussel (Amsterdam) Philippe Laeremans (Brussels) Superb hook carved in a thin wooden board, decorated at the top with a beautiful and particularly expressive head,...

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Lot n° 31

WOSERA YAM MASK, MAPRIK REGION,...

WOSERA YAM MASK, MAPRIK REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood and vegetable weaving H. 75 cm Provenance : Private collection (France) Representing a face surmounted by a high headdress decorated with painted animal motifs on the edge of which is attached a crown...

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Lot n° 32

LOW SEPIK MASK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood H....

LOW SEPIK MASK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood H. 54 cm Provenance : Galerie Flak (Paris) Oblong and convex mask with small slit eyes, whose pointed nose joins the chin without touching it. On the outside, there are numerous remains of an old polychromy and a...

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Lot n° 33

TAMI CUP, HUON GOLF COURSE, PAPUA...

TAMI CUP, HUON GOLF COURSE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood L. 45 cm Provenance : Galerie Maine Durieu (Paris) Beautiful ovoid bowl decorated on the outer edges with engraved abstract motifs enhanced with white lime.

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Lot n° 34

IATMUL DAGGER, MIDDLE SEPIK, PAPUA...

IATMUL DAGGER, MIDDLE SEPIK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Casoar bone H. 39,5 cm. Beautiful dagger carved in a cassowary bone and decorated with deep engravings representing notably a face. The malleolus is pierced and adorned with plant fibers. Beautiful brown ...

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Lot n° 35

FLAT LUMI, PRINCE ALEXANDER MOUNTAINS,...

FLAT LUMI, PRINCE ALEXANDER MOUNTAINS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood D. 49,5 cm The outer edges are serrated, the surface decorated with a lizard and a sphere incised with abstract motifs. Beautiful patina of use.

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Lot n° 36

IATMUL STATUE, MIDDLE SEPIK, PAPUA...

IATMUL STATUE, MIDDLE SEPIK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood H. 42,5 cm Provenance : Private collection (France) Representing a parrot in an aggressive position, covered with green, yellow and blue polychromy. Protectors of the men's house, these statues were...

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Lot n° 37

ARCHER SHIELD, SOGERAM RIVER, PAPUA...

ARCHER SHIELD, SOGERAM RIVER, PAPUA NEW GUINEA H. 45,5 cm Provenance : Galerie Renaud Vanuxem (Paris) Beautiful archer's shield that was positioned at chest level, supported by a rope tied around the neck. There are three holes, one of which has been...

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Lot n° 38

IATMUL STOOL, MIDDLE SEPIK, PAPUA...

IATMUL STOOL, MIDDLE SEPIK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood H. 32 cm Provenance : Anthony Meyer Gallery (Paris) Beautiful and ancient stool of the Men's House, the conical seat resting on two heart-shaped faces resting themselves on catfish heads. The seat is...

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Lot n° 39

IATMUL CANOE BOW, MIDDLE SEPIK,...

IATMUL CANOE BOW, MIDDLE SEPIK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood L. 60 cm Provenance : Franck Marcelin Gallery (France) Beautiful dugout prow representing a pig delicately worked, the mouth opening on teeth and tusks well signified, the thick and muscular body....

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Lot n° 40

IATMUL CANOE BOW, MIDDLE SEPIK,...

IATMUL CANOE BOW, MIDDLE SEPIK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood L. 90 cm Prow of dugout featuring a reclining pig, its mouth half-opened to reveal its teeth, the wood beautifully eroded by age and use. Some traces of an old red polychromy.

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Lot n° 41

THREE CLUBS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood,...

THREE CLUBS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood, stone Placed on a metal base H. 63 cm 1- Wooden handle, the mass formed by an imposing stone disk maintained by rattan braiding. H. 65 cm. 2- Palm wood handle and mass formed by a round and smooth stone, maintained...

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Lot n° 42

DANCE STICK, LAKE SENTANI, WEST...

DANCE STICK, LAKE SENTANI, WEST PAPUA Wood H. 99 cm Provenance : Lemaire Gallery (Amsterdam) Stick carved in its upper half with interlacing typical of Lake Santani as well as a standing male figure, arms along the body. An old label indicates : Wandelstole...

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Lot n° 43

ARAPESH CLUB, MOUTH OF THE RAMU,...

ARAPESH CLUB, MOUTH OF THE RAMU, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Palm wood H. 129,5 cm An ancient flat lanceolate weapon, decorated with engraved motifs including two heads of ancestors, almond-shaped eyes and an arrow nose, enclosed in a triangular face. These long,...

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Lot n° 44

BOTI CLUB, GARASA REGION, PAPUA...

BOTI CLUB, GARASA REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Palm wood H. 106 cm Archaic club decorated with geometric engravings drawing lines, squares and chevrons. Superb patina of use. A comparable example is exhibited in the Museum of the Hospice St Roch in Issou...

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Lot n° 45

FIGURE YINA NUKUMA, AMAKI VILLAGE,...

FIGURE YINA NUKUMA, AMAKI VILLAGE, WASHKUK HILLS, UPPER SEPIK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood H. 110 cm Provenance : Chris Boylan (Australia) Imposing monoxyle sculpture composed of an ovoid head resting on a long neck serving as a grip. The face is deeply hollowed...

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Lot n° 46

STATUE, SEPIK RIVER, PAPUA NEW...

STATUE, SEPIK RIVER, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood H. 23 cm Provenance : Acquired around 1950 from Pierre Vérité Beautiful statue representing a male figure standing with his arms along his body, his legs subtly bent, his sex marked, his stomach slightly inflated,...

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Lot n° 47

ARATORY TOOL, HIGH SEPIK, PAPUA...

ARATORY TOOL, HIGH SEPIK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood, stone, rattan H. 72 cm Beautiful example of an aratoire tool from the Upper Sepik. The handle is decorated with a human head and various animal representations: a parrot's head, a crocodile, etc.

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Lot n° 48

DOUBLE CUT, SIASSI ISLANDS, PAPUA...

DOUBLE CUT, SIASSI ISLANDS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood L. 73 cm Provenance : - Herbert Mark Lissauer (Melbourne) - Ader Picard & Tajan, December 18, 1990, n°7 Beautiful double monoxyle bowl made of two ovoid bowls decorated with characters and engravings,...

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Lot n° 49

YERAKAI HOOKED FIGURE, MOUNT GARAMAMBU,...

YERAKAI HOOKED FIGURE, MOUNT GARAMAMBU, IN THE HUNSTEIN MOUNTAIN RANGE, UPPER SEPIK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood H. 93 cm Provenance : Chris Boylan (Australia) Representing a legless figure, the arms drooping detached from the body, three small hooks emerging...

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Lot n° 50

BOIKEN DISH, PRINCE ALEXANDER MOUNTAINS,...

BOIKEN DISH, PRINCE ALEXANDER MOUNTAINS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood D. 42,5 cm The outer face decorated with four double faces (bats) and a sphere incised with abstract motifs. Patina of use.

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